10 has searched high and low for some of the country’s top celebrities with a passion for food, and are ready for their big break in the MasterChef kitchen. They may be the best in their business, but will they be the best in the kitchen?
Get ready for a season of fun and kitchen chaos when actors Rebecca Gibney and Matt Le Nevez, fashion designer Collette Dinnigan, Olympic great Ian Thorpe, singer Dami Im, radio host Chrissie Swan, comedian Dilruk Jayasinha, British TV presenter Tilly Ramsay, as well as football giants from their respective codes, Archie Thompson and Nick Riewoldt don the MasterChef apron to cook for the coveted Celebrity MasterChef trophy.
These celebrities will step out of their world and into the MasterChef kitchen when the series premieres on Sunday, 10 October at 7.30pm on 10.
Joining MasterChef judges, Andy Allen, Melissa Leong and Jock Zonfrillo are local and international guest chefs including Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal, Curtis Stone and Martin Benn who will set challenges which will both delight and push the celebrities to the edge of their comfort zones.
Andy Allen said: “Melissa, Jock, and I can’t wait to swing open the doors to the MasterChef kitchen and welcome these famous faces. It’ll be a multi-talented group who step into the kitchen, but will they be at the top of their cooking game?”
This year, The second night of the MasterChef Grand Finale had 824,000 viewers as Justin Narayan was named the winner of the 2021 iteration of the show. 931,000 tuned in for the announcement of the winner as the show was the top non-news program of the evening and was #1 in all key demos.
In the finale Peter Gilmore, the master of grand finale pressure tests was on hand with 80 points up for grabs.
Celebrity MasterChef Australia is produced by Endemol Shine Australia.